Fellows
Fellows are senior scientists, scholars, innovators and accomplished professionals elected by the Liberia Academy of Sciences (LAS) in recognition of sustained achievement, leadership and significant contributions to science, education, technology, innovation, Liberia’s sustainable development or the advancement of the Academy’s mission. Fellowship is an honorary academic distinction and does not, by itself, confer governance authority.
Criteria & ProceduresMeet the Fellows
Each profile presents the Fellow's current professional role and a concise account of academic or professional work.
Sally Theobald
Professor in Social Science and International Health; UKRI/FCDO Gender Senior Research Fellow
A global-health social scientist at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine whose work focuses on gender, health equity and health-systems strengthening, with longstanding research partnerships in Liberia including the REDRESS programme on severe stigmatising skin diseases.
Emmanuel K. C. Chanda
Dean, School of Mines; Professor of Mining Engineering
Dean of the School of Mines and Professor of Mining Engineering at the University of Zambia, advancing sustainable mining practice, mine safety and engineering education.
Samuel A. Adekunle
Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering and Technology
A civil engineering and construction-management scholar at William V. S. Tubman University whose work spans digital construction, BIM, construction economics, sustainability, health and safety, and organisational capacity development.
Ehab Abdel-Rahman
Provost; Professor of Physics
An Egyptian professor of physics at the American University in Cairo working on solar energy, thermoacoustics and photonics, and the holder of five patented clean-energy technologies.
J. Russell Stothard
Professor, Department of Tropical Disease Biology
A professor of tropical disease biology at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, specialising in neglected tropical diseases, their snail vectors and field control programmes.
Samuel T. Kortue
Associate Professor of History; Chairman, Department of History
An associate professor and Chairman of the Department of History at the University of Liberia, advancing the study of Liberian history, national memory and identity.
Shabir A. Madhi
Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences; Professor of Vaccinology
A leading African vaccinologist and Dean of Health Sciences at Wits whose research has shaped immunization policy, child health and epidemic response across the continent.
Erastus M. Mwanaumo
Professor of Infrastructure Construction Management & Economics; Director, Directorate of Research and Development
A professor of infrastructure construction management and economics at the University of Zambia, directing research and development across the university and advancing climate-resilient national infrastructure.
Edison D. Pajibo
Professor of Education & Vice President for Academic Affairs
A professor of education and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Margibi University, leading curriculum reform, quality assurance and academic governance in Liberian higher education.
Chris Gilbert
Professor and Chairman, Department of Computer Science & Engineering
A professor of computer science at William V. S. Tubman University in Harper, Liberia, teaching and researching cybersecurity and emerging technologies for national digital development.
Faadiel Essop
Professor and Director: Centre for Cardio-metabolic Research in Africa (CARMA)
Professor and Director of the Centre for Cardio-metabolic Research in Africa at Stellenbosch University, South Africa, studying chronic stress, immunity and HIV-related cardiovascular disease in Africa.
Balla Diop Ngom
Professor of Nanomaterials Physics; Vice President for Western Africa, African Academy of Sciences
A professor of nanomaterials physics at UCAD, Senegal, and Vice-President for Western Africa of the African Academy of Sciences, advancing sustainable energy and African scientific capacity.
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